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skeletal muscle fiber
Multinucleated contractile muscle cells.
Size: < 10 um - 100 um in diameter, < 1 mM - several cM in length
Fibers consist of sarcoplasm & cross striated myofibrils.
Skeletal muscle fibers may be red, white or intermediate.
Related
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
Specific
red muscle fiber (slow fiber, type 1 fiber)
white muscle fiber (fast fiber, type 2 fiber)
General
anatomic structure
fiber
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Kimura T.
Composition of psoas major muscle fibers compared among humans,
orangutans, and monkeys.
Z Morphol Anthropol. 2002 Mar;83(2-3):305-14.
PMID: 12050900
Components
myofibril